The Brief
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida's Cape Canaveral on Thursday.
What we know:
A Falcon 9 rocket carried 28 satellites into low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The launch was part of SpaceX’s ongoing mission to build a global broadband network through its rapidly growing Starlink constellation.
By the numbers:
This was the 10th flight for the first-stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-9, RRT-1, Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1, Fram2, SXM-10, MTG-S1, and three Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage successfully landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed i